text messages

it takes me at least 30 minutes to hunt-and-peck up a goddammed text. usually when i get a text i go to my laptop and email the person my answer.

  On 2/11/2010 at 3:23 AM, dr lopez said:

I used to only ever respond with A, affirmative, or B, negative. That was before i realized they don't charge you for the number of characters in the message.

lol

Also, out of curiosity, why do the people in this thread who don't have phones not have phones? A basic mobile costs nothing. Then just stick a free pay-as-you-go SIM in there that you never top-up so at least people can contact you?

testing that my texting is working

  On 2/11/2010 at 12:06 AM, peaches said:

What is the socially acceptable time to wait before replying? I feel that if I reply right away I come off as too eager to talk, and I creep the other person out. I feel as if I wait an hour or more, I come off as pretentious and holier than thou or the person thinks I'm away from the phone.

i dont even own a phone, its fucking fantastic

  On 2/11/2010 at 2:11 PM, messiaen said:

i wish i had people who liked me enough to cause me this problem. the last text i got was yesterday and it was off my mum. i didnt reply.

You really should reply to your mum's texts, if you don't she might think you're in trouble or dead and she might feel bad.

I try to avoid texting with people I have a romantic interest in, unless there's an actual point to it.

Friendly texts may take up to 2 days for me to respond to, I'll read it when there's no time to reply and then forget about it.

  On 2/12/2010 at 2:14 AM, Ron Manager said:

Also, out of curiosity, why do the people in this thread who don't have phones not have phones? A basic mobile costs nothing. Then just stick a free pay-as-you-go SIM in there that you never top-up so at least people can contact you?

Just seems like a hassle to me.

  On 2/13/2010 at 5:37 PM, Rabid said:

  On 2/12/2010 at 2:14 AM, Ron Manager said:

Also, out of curiosity, why do the people in this thread who don't have phones not have phones? A basic mobile costs nothing. Then just stick a free pay-as-you-go SIM in there that you never top-up so at least people can contact you?

Just seems like a hassle to me.

yeah, social interaction is a pain in the ass.

Cell phones are about as "socially interactive" as the SETI signals into space. I'd rather talk face-to-face than to a machine

i'd rather text someone that i'd like to meet up with them rather than... sitting at home because i don't have a phone and can't contact them?

My phone has a sandwich toaster attachment.

I'm with Hoodie on this one. Might as well give up the internet while you're at it if non-face-to-face social interaction is so terrible.

  On 2/11/2010 at 4:06 AM, Braintree said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 3:29 AM, chassis said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 3:20 AM, Braintree said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 3:16 AM, EleminoP said:

My girlfriend never responds to mine.

 

Speaking of, I've been seeing this girl for a few months, and she just started ignoring me

Its casual bro, lucky stuff. Happened to me a while back, but then I just kinda insulted her when I was pissed.

 

It was lulz.

 

Yeah, but I didn't even fuck up or anything. LE SIGH. She was hot as fuck.

Hah. I spoke too soon. She actually started getting back to me.

for me it's usually somewhere between 30 seconds and never

  On 2/14/2010 at 4:01 AM, Braintree said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 4:06 AM, Braintree said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 3:29 AM, chassis said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 3:20 AM, Braintree said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 3:16 AM, EleminoP said:

My girlfriend never responds to mine.

 

Speaking of, I've been seeing this girl for a few months, and she just started ignoring me

Its casual bro, lucky stuff. Happened to me a while back, but then I just kinda insulted her when I was pissed.

 

It was lulz.

 

Yeah, but I didn't even fuck up or anything. LE SIGH. She was hot as fuck.

 

Hah. I spoke too soon. She actually started getting back to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premenstrual_syndrome

Girls are total text message sluts, but I wait at least 4 hours before answering, unless it's my girlfriend and she's horny.

  On 2/12/2010 at 2:14 AM, Ron Manager said:

Also, out of curiosity, why do the people in this thread who don't have phones not have phones? A basic mobile costs nothing. Then just stick a free pay-as-you-go SIM in there that you never top-up so at least people can contact you?

I work from home on computers and hardly ever leave the house - so no cell phone, no texting... completely unnecessary for me. I hate the "land line" as well, when people call I feel that it wastes too much time, for me email is the only way to go. I set it to check every five minutes and the communication is plenty fast.